Commentary: The truth about EHR and digital health 'snake oil'
Connected HealthEHRsInteroperabilityHIMSS Executive Vice President Carla Smith and PCHA EVP Patricia Mechael caution against applying the phrase to all digital health apps and tools. Instead,...
View ArticleKaren DeSalvo through the years: A look back at her ONC tenure
Electronic Health RecordsGovernment & PolicyHealth Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityMeaningful UsePatient EngagementPopulation HealthDeSalvo made her way from New Orleans to Washington and...
View ArticleNational Coordinator for Health IT Vindell Washington: 9 things to know about...
This past Friday, Karen DeSalvo, MD, officially stepped down as National Coordinator, passing the baton to her second-in-command, Vindell Washington, MD. The former principal deputy national...
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Carequality says athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Epic, NextGen, Surescripts now...
Carequality announced on Tuesday that several major EHR vendors are using its Interoperability Framework to exchange data with electronic health records of their direct competitors. Officials also said...
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Surescripts says data transactions for 2015 spiked nearly 50 percent as...
Surescripts said that it processed 9.7 billion health data transactions in 2015 – a 48 percent increase over 2014.That number translates into 3.8 million electronic prescriptions each day, according to...
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New FHIR-based genomics API promises to accelerate precision medicine
Translational Software, a Bellevue, Washington-based developer of clinical decision support tools, has unveiled an application programming interface to help providers, labs and technology vendors to...
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Does healthcare need a more modern way to define and measure EHR...
Industry experts and the federal government are divided on the best way to assess the state of the nation’s health IT interoperability.The Office for the National Coordinator for Health IT, for...
View ArticleMore than half of healthcare organizations cannot move imaging data between...
Enterprise imaging strategies are key priorities for healthcare leaders and many organizations are well on their way to implementing them; however, interoperability roadblocks remain a challenge, a new...
View ArticleApple buys personal health record startup Gliimpse for undisclosed price
Tech giant Apple appears to be taking a giant step further into healthcare with the purchase of startup Gliimpse, a personal health data company launched three years ago.It’s the fifth consumer health...
View ArticleCommonWell Health Alliance to open access to patient data
Eight EHR and patient portal developers in the CommonWell Health Alliance will enable patients at their provider clients to access their health data, allowing them to self-enroll in the network, link...
View ArticleONC's Draft 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory posted for public comment
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has made the new draft 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory available for stakeholder feedback.The ISA is meant as a catalog to help the...
View ArticleMaineHealth taps Marcy Dunn for CIO post, will lead Epic Systems work
MaineHealth has tapped a veteran chief information officer from a Long Island, N.Y., healthcare system to lead its organization’s information technology efforts.Dunn is senior vice president and CIO at...
View ArticleRegenstrief taps FHIR to make electronic health records more complete and...
In pilot testing a new way to compile healthcare information electronically, researchers at the Regenstrief Center for Biomedical Informatics are using HL7's FHIR.FHIR, or Fast Healthcare...
View ArticleIntermountain Healthcare study shows integrating mental and physical health...
An Intermountain Healthcare study conducted at 27 team-based medical practices and 75 traditional practices revealed that delivering integrated mental and physical healthcare in team-based primary care...
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Buyers Guide: Comparison chart of 8 population health platforms
Health IT managers who have installed population health platforms in their organizations advise that you pay careful attention to these features before buying.1. Dashboard. Is it flexible enough to...
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Buyers Guide: A close look at 8 population health platforms
Population health management is a central trend within healthcare delivery. But what about other areas that are competing for investment dollars such as precision medicine, analytics and revenue cycle...
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Buyers Guide: What to look for when picking a population health platform
Population health management is an important next step in improving the quality of healthcare, and it is now part of many enterprises’ planning. Because both the strategy and the technology that...
View ArticleTexas Health revalidates EMRAM Stage 7 EHR status
Fourteen Texas Health Resources locations have been revalidated at EMRAM Stage 7, the highest level that can be achieved on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model.The model, adopted in 2005, is a...
View ArticleEmory Healthcare and Stratus sign pact to develop IT infrastructure...
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and Stratus Healthcare, an affiliation of 21 Georgia hospitals, have struck a new partnership to develop a clinically integrated network and strengthen access to...
View ArticleHIMSS tells CMS: Finalize 90-day reporting now, align requirements for MU and...
In a letter sent to acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt on Sept. 1, HIMSS reiterated its desire to see a less prescriptive EHR Incentive Program that works best for providers. Key to making that...
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